[guelo]

What's the point of the Nexus 6 having 1440 vertical pixels in landscape mode? Nexus 6's 1440 pixels is a third of the way between 1080p and 4k. So, presumably, scaled down 4k video would look better on it than scaled up 1080p video when the device is held closely.

[danmaz74]

A very high pixel density makes a real difference when you're looking at printed text and, in general, images with very sharp lines.

That's not what VP9 or HVEC are good for anyway, so I would bet that scaling down 4k video or scaling up 1080p (for the same bitrate) won't make any noticeable difference.

But of course that's just a matter of opinion unless we do a blind test with real use cases.